Do you have IAD?

[Hara_Juku Tgirl]

Internet addiction disorder (IAD) is a theorized disorder originally made as a satirical hoax by Ivan Goldberg, M.D., in 1995. He took pathological gambling as diagnosed by the DSM-IV as his model for the spoofed description.

Although IAD was meant to be a hoax, it is promoted as a real condition by some supporters. Supporters often divide IAD into subtypes by activity, such as pornography, overwhelming and immoderate gaming, inappropriate involvement in online social networking sites or blogging, and Internet shopping addiction. Activities which, if done in person, would normally be considered troublesome, such as compulsive gambling or shopping, are called net compulsions. Others, such as reading or playing computer games, are troubling only to the extent that these activities interfere with normal life.

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http://www.meta-religion.com/Psychiatry/Di...on_disorder.htm (http://www.meta-religion.com/Psychiatry/Disorders/internet_addiction_disorder.htm)

~Kisses.

HTG

[mbf]

yes, there are some among us who fall into that category. According to the domain-traffic-monitoring website "quantcast" this site has 18 % addicts.

http://www.quantcast.com/hungangels.com

[Jericho]

Others, such as reading or playing computer games, are troubling only to the extent that these activities interfere with normal life.

Define normal life :shrug

[will802]

Take this test! I scored 47 average internet user.

http://www.netaddiction.com/resources/internet_addiction_test.htm

[Ecstatic]

Yes, but it's my job. :)

[El Nino]

I scored 72!

[Ecstatic]

I scored 61. (But it's my job!)